Homozygosity Mapping in Leber Congenital Amaurosis and Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa in South Indian Families.

Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are retinal degenerative diseases which cause severe retinal dystrophy affecting the photoreceptors. LCA is predominantly inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and contributes to 5% of all retinal dystrophies; whereas RP is inherited...

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Main Authors: Sundaramurthy Srilekha, Tharigopala Arokiasamy, Natarajan N Srikrupa, Vetrivel Umashankar, Swaminathan Meenakshi, Parveen Sen, Suman Kapur, Nagasamy Soumittra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4493089?pdf=render